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The Reed Street Yards is Worth the Investment
"It has been vacant for decades," said Dan Casanova, of the Department of City Development. The 17-acre property known as the Reed Street Yards is located between South 6th Street and South 3rd Street just across from the Harley-Davidson Museum in Walker's Point. This property has been targeted by the City of Milwaukee as the potential epicenter of Milwaukee's water industry. The property itself, despite being centrally located, has sat vacant for years, and currently has no infrastructure, such as roads and sewers that are necessary to support future development.
Sep 17th, 2009 by Dave Reid
McDonalds Giving Away Free Burgers and Transit Passes
McDonalds is launching a program to give away 75,000 free transit rides and an equivalent number of Angus Third Pounders. The program will be run in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and Washington D.C.
Sep 16th, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
S. 2nd Street Complete Streets Effort Moves Forward!
This past Friday a public meeting was held to discuss the reconstruction of S. 2nd Street in Walker's Point from National Ave. north to the train tracks.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Dave Reid
The Moderne Likely to Receive Public Financing
The Moderne, the long awaited project on the corner of 3rd and Juneau, is moving ahead. The City, through RACM, is aiming to provide $10,000,000 in financial assistance to the project. A deal that is very likely to be approved. The building is to be largely an apartment building with first floor retail and a few condos at the top three floors. Originally intended to be 80 condos, the project is now 154 apartments and 33 condos spread over 30 floors.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
Second Annual Pedestrian Safety Week Starts Today
Today, is the start Milwaukee's second annual Pedestrian Safety Week, during which the City of Milwaukee will be holding crosswalk safety demonstrations all week long, so if you see a chicken trying to cross the road, please yield.
Sep 14th, 2009 by Dave Reid
Oops! No Money for UW-Tosa
To think, I was just about to put the UW-Tosa t-shirts up on the new Urban Milwaukee store, maybe I can hold off now? Apparently, UWM's backing out of the fight to locate the School of Freshwater Sciences on the former Pieces of Eight restaurant site ruffled some feathers, and Michael Cudahy decided to return the favor by backing out of funding UWM's proposed Wauwatosa location for the Engineering School.
Sep 10th, 2009 by Dave Reid
Yesterday Was a Good Day for Transit in Milwaukee
Mass transit in Milwaukee took a step forward yesterday.
Sep 9th, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
“We can put a wrench in the process”
So says Jill Capicchioni, of the Historic Brewers Hill Association, in an email to the neighborhood mailing list.
Sep 8th, 2009 by Dave Reid
UWM Freshwater School a No Go on the Pieces of Eight Site
The UWM School of Freshwater Sciences will not continue their plans to build a new headquarters for the school on the lakefront site that formerly housed Pieces of Eight restaurant. We had supported the location choice, but that location choice was certainly controversial. Seeking a less controversial site to house the cornerstone piece of something so valuable to Milwaukee's future is a wise move.
Sep 4th, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
Misconceptions on the Hoan
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Patrick McIlheran recently took a swing at my Hoan Bridge article, Hoan Bridge: Tear Down Another Freeway in Milwaukee?. While getting things wrong about the article, such as missing that I would maintain the highway as a spur out of the Marquette Interchange that would land east of the Milwaukee River, he did manage to get one point spot on. "... it reduces the Lake Parkway into a conduit useful only for reaching downtown."
Sep 3rd, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
Madison’s Ride the Drive… Milwaukee’s Bike Brady?
Milwaukee should have its own Ciclovia.
Sep 2nd, 2009 by Dave Reid
UrbanMilwaukee.com Happy Hour – This Friday
We're throwing a party this Friday to celebrate our first full year of coverage, and we would love for you to join us. The fun starts at 6:00 p.m. this Friday, September 4th at Taylor's.
Sep 1st, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
